I have a cunning plan for a friend and I to play games on ethernet without wireless but it means some fun. I have the electronic knowledge to build my plan but I don't know enough about how network traffic goes through the cable to do my design (if its even possible).
Ethernet use the PHY to convert to digital signal over the wires and at the other end the PHY turns the digital signal back into meaningful data for the other computer. Digital signals as even my Gran will tell you is 1 and 0 or more importantly Ons and Offs. This is where my knowledge goes south, the cable has 8 smaller cables in it, 4 colours with + and - types (ie solid and spiral coloured). As far as I am aware only 4 wires are actually used during communication. So this is the part I don't know. The wires run in pairs which mean that they are either paired as signal and ground or send and receive. For two way communication there must be signals going both ways so either is plausible but having no ground and send and receive pairs seems the most likely as digital signal won't need a reference voltage (ground) because of its nature.
Can anyone shed light upon this?
I had an idea to find out but I figured its probably easier to ask first than build a large electronic tester. LEDs only allow current in one direction so if i build a pass-through box and change the LED configuration until I get a working system.
Unfortunately this relies on this principle that communication is one way on a single wire, which also needs confirmation.
Ethernet use the PHY to convert to digital signal over the wires and at the other end the PHY turns the digital signal back into meaningful data for the other computer. Digital signals as even my Gran will tell you is 1 and 0 or more importantly Ons and Offs. This is where my knowledge goes south, the cable has 8 smaller cables in it, 4 colours with + and - types (ie solid and spiral coloured). As far as I am aware only 4 wires are actually used during communication. So this is the part I don't know. The wires run in pairs which mean that they are either paired as signal and ground or send and receive. For two way communication there must be signals going both ways so either is plausible but having no ground and send and receive pairs seems the most likely as digital signal won't need a reference voltage (ground) because of its nature.
Can anyone shed light upon this?
I had an idea to find out but I figured its probably easier to ask first than build a large electronic tester. LEDs only allow current in one direction so if i build a pass-through box and change the LED configuration until I get a working system.
Unfortunately this relies on this principle that communication is one way on a single wire, which also needs confirmation.
